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http://dev.everybodylovesitalian.com/jimmy-kimmels-tribute-uncle-frank/#respondWed, 07 Jan 2015 03:57:38 +0000http://everybodylovesitalian.com/?p=1468Jimmy Kimmel’s Tribute to Uncle Frank Frank Potenza Security guard to Frank Sinatra. Francis “Frank” Potenza an American retired New York City Police officer became a television actor for the late night show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!. He truly was Jimmy Kimmel’s uncle and appeared as “Uncle Frank” on the ABC show as a regular from 2003 until […]

Frank Potenza Security guard to Frank Sinatra.

Francis “Frank” Potenza an American retired New York City Police officer became a television actor for the late night show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!. He truly was Jimmy Kimmel’s uncle and appeared as “Uncle Frank” on the ABC show as a regular from 2003 until the year of his death, 2011.

Uncle Frank was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1933. He served in the United States military during the Korean War and joined the New York Police Department following the war, serving as a beat cop in Bensonhurst for twenty years.He reportedly made just six arrests during his two decades in the NYPD, believing that a lecture by the police delivered more benefits than a prison sentence.

After moving to Las Vegas He served inside Frank Sinatra’s personal security detail and as bodyguard when Sinatra performed at Caesars Palace. He returned to New York City to take a security position at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan.

Frank died from cancer in Los Angeles on August 23, 2011, aged 77. His memorial service was held in Las Vegas. In a Twitter message, Jimmy Kimmel thanked Uncle Frank’s fans tweeting, “Thank you for your kind words about a very kind man” and “RIP Uncle Frank, his comic timing took a lifetime to earn. Today I eat cake for him.”

The show was on summer hiatus at the time of Potenza’s death and was scheduled to return on September 6, 2011. On September 6, Kimmel aired a special tribute episode to Uncle Frank, with an interview with Frank’s favorite guest, Don Rickles.